Spiegel reported that the number of house break-ins in 2016 sunk by about 10 percent in 2016 compared to 2015 - the first time the number of reported break-ins had dropped in a decade. Meanwhile Bild reported on Friday that the number of violent crimes in 2016 had risen by 6.7 percent, including under this category homicide and rape. Around 80 percent of violent crimes were robbery and assault. Of the violent offences recorded, cases of murder, homicide and voluntary euthanasia rose by 14.3 percent, reaching 2,400 cases, according to Bild. Hundreds of women reported sexual attacks on New Year’s Eve 2015-16 in cities like Cologne, mainly by groups of North African men.

Source: The Local April 21, 2017 15:56 UTC